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Medal of Honor Recipient

Thomas McGraw

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-001537Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

April 2, 1865

Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company B, 23d Illinois Infantry

The Citation

Sources ↓
One of the three soldiers most conspicuous for gallantry in the final assault.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Thomas McGraw — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-29

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-001545
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-29
Entered service at
Chicago, Ill.
Archive transcription SHA-256
8407299b1ae96b85315bf1ec5a82d042c844cc73a795120efa7434c5c8e376b5

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current reference profile identifies the recipient as Thomas McGraw; the inherited Thomas Mcgraw rendering remains preserved.

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